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If you’re like me, you’re inundated with text alerts, Facebook posts, blog posts, YouTube Videos and the Instagram feed. As a marketer, I understand how difficult it is to break through the noise when you’re competing with Kim Kardashian and cute cat videos. But you simply must break through the noise to put your product in […]

The Hollywood Housewives series is a mega-hit among a select, targeted female audience. For brands, these “Reality TV” stars do as well on TV as they do offline. Why? Because they understand the reality of connecting with their audience in a live environment. Imagine your favorite TV star showing up at your house to discuss their […]

The holiday season is upon us and marketers are busy putting the finishing touches on their campaigns. If you’ve procrastinated. there’s still time for holiday marketing (especially influencer marketing), but what can you do? Which approaches will break through all that holiday noise? To find out, take a look at the overview below, as well as […]

Admin note: Our very own Mark Fidelman hosted an influencer series with Oracle, this is one of those videos. In 2016, e-commerce retail sales were expected to hit upwards of $1.9 trillion; a forecasted growth rate of 23.7%. Some have also predicted that this figure is expected to skyrocket to over $4 trillion by 2020. […]

As the second largest search engine in the world, YouTube has influenced almost 1/3 users of the Internet. Although Facebook still occupies the most monthly users (2 billion), people spend more time on YouTube (about 40 min per day) than other main social media. As you may know, YouTube is also a platform which helps […]

Influencers have never been “one size fits all.” It’s not just a matter of different audiences, either. Sure, brands need influencers with audiences that align with their own target consumers, but brands also need influencers who share their values, their image, and to some extent their voice. This cuts both ways. Brands don’t want their […]

Video marketing is all the rage, and for good reason. Consumers are 4X more likely to buy a product when they see a video about it as opposed to reading the same information. When those videos are from trusted influencers in your niche, that number can jump even higher. But for videos to work, your […]

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks – Big Data is leading to an array of complex business solutions for the web-connected world. For many smaller businesses and brands, these “solutions” may seem more problematic than they’re worth. The expertise, the resources, and even the capabilities all seem better suited to enterprise-level applications. At least, they […]

Did you catch Facebook’s recent announcement about Chatbots? Facebook is doubling down on them because they and I realize the potential. It’s not just the potential to engage with your prospective customers, it’s the potential to develop strong relationships with them via artificial and human intelligence. in Juniper’s new research, Chatbots: Retail, eCommerce, Banking & […]